Research Interests

Our research interests lie in exploring molecular excited state geometry
changes and structure/function relationships in photoactive coordination
complexes and hybrid materials using several steady state and time-resolved
vibrational and X-ray absorption spectroscopy methods. Along these lines,
there are two major themes of research in my lab:

Structure/Function relationships in porous hybrid materials and other
host-guest systems: This research area involves using spectroscopic
methods
to interrogate host-guest interactions on the molecular level. Materials
under investigation include metal organic frameworks with applications in
catalysis and gas separation and storage. The spectroscopic tools used in
this work included Raman, resonance Raman and synchrotron X-ray absorption
spectroscopy. Additionally, new metal organic frameworks imparted with
photoactive functionality are being designed and synthesized.